Do suppositories break the fast?

The questioner : As for what is taken for fever, these suppositories are taken as a drink for fever to reduce the heat. If a fasting person takes a suppository,

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : does it break the fast?

The Shaykh : The correct view is that it does not break the fast, based on the principle that an injection does not break the fast. However, according to the ruling of the school of jurisprudence, it does break the fast, because an injection is considered to break the fast by the scholars of that school. Yes.